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Evaluating Research in Communication Disorders, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (October 23, 2020) © 2021

  • Robert Orlikoff East Carolina University
  • Nicholas Schiavetti
  • Dale Evans Metz State University of New York, Geneseo Late Professor Emeritus

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For research methods courses (communication sciences and disorders / audiology research).

A current, comprehensive, carefully organized guide to analyzing research articles

Evaluating Research in Communication Disorders uses the structure of a research article as a guide. The text addresses the critical evaluation of each section of a research article. The author provides abundant illustrative excerpts from research literature along the way. After addressing the critical evaluation of each section of a research article, students learn ways to employ evidence-based practice.

The 8th Edition is updated and expanded to reflect the most recent trends in research and evidence-based practice.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Using the structure of a research article as a guide, the text takes the reader from the Introduction to the Conclusions.
  • Abundant illustrative excerpts from the research literature are presented throughout. New excerpts are added to maintain currency, while classic excerpts that best exemplify concepts are retained.
  • Evidence-based practice helps frame discussions of qualitative research, narrative literature reviews and clinical tutorials. After addressing the critical evaluation of each section of a research article, the text uses this information as the foundation for practical ways to employ evidence-based practice.
  • Expanded discussions of research-practice relationships, implementing evidence-based practice, assessing levels of evidence and more.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: New material on distinguishing science, nonscience, and pseudoscience (Ch. 1), open-access research journals (Ch. 1), digital literacy and fluency with digital information (Ch.1), the research–practice gap (Chs. 1 and 10), the Toulmin approach to the analysis of rational arguments (Ch. 2), the "Common Rule" regarding the protection of human subjects (Ch. 6).
  • UPDATED: Reorganized material aids the development of evaluation skills, critical-thinking ability and reinforcement of key concepts, helping to better match the needs of students and instructors using the text in a single-semester course.
  • UPDATED: Chapter 10, "Translating Research into Practice," has been extensively reworked to reinforce the principles of evidence-based practice and strategies to help close the gap between what is known from the research literature and what is done routinely in clinical settings.
  • UPDATED: Exercises in Critical Reading help students develop critical evaluation skills on their own and guide group projects that involve the evaluation of research literature. New exercises in each chapter reflect the remarkable breadth of speech, language, swallowing and hearing studies represented in the literature.
  1. Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders
  2. The Introduction Section of the Research Article
  3. Research Strategies in Communication Disorders
  4. Research Design in Communication Disorders
  5. Experimental Designs for Studying Treatment Effects
  6. The Method Section of the Research Article
  7. The Results Section of the Research Article: Findings
  8. The Results Section of the Research Article: Statistical Inference
  9. The Discussion and Conclusions Section of the Research Article
  10. Translating Research into Practice

APPENDICES

  1. Complete Evaluation Checklist
  2. A Compendium of Journals in Communication Sciences and Disorders

About our author

Robert F. Orlikoff, PhD is currently the Dean of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University. His professional career includes previous academic and clinical appointments at Seton Hall University, Hunter College, CUNY, the University of Memphis, United Cerebral Palsy and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Orlikoff is also an internationally recognized researcher with an extensive publication record that includes several research articles, texts and book chapters. He was recently named a Fulbright Specialist.

He has served on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Council for Clinical Certification in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology and continues as a program accreditation site visitor for their Council on Academic Accreditation.

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